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JfuL DIAMOND OF PSI UPSILON TricvvdL 1952 VOLUME XXXVll! NUMBER THREE Epsilon Chapter of Psi Upsilon, Hosts to the 1952 Convention of the Fraternity to be held June 26-28 at Berkeley, California. Cover: Brother Robert A. Taft, Beta '10 (right), and Brother Augustus Knight, Beta '10, looking at a copy of the Annals of Psi Upsilon at the Psi UpsUon Club of Chicago breakfast on February 29. (See page 78.) Chicago Tribune photo. The Diamond of Psi Upsilon OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF PSI UPSILON FRATERNITY Volume XXXVIII March, 1952 Number 3 AN OPEN FORUM FOR THE FREE DISCUSSION OF FRATERNITY MATTERS IN THIS ISSUE Page Program of the 1952 Convention 70 Epsilon to Be Host to Convention 71 The Berkeley Story 73 Psi U Personality of the Month 77 Robert A. Taft, Beta '10, Addresses Chicago Psi U Club 78 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper�The Psi Upsilon Banquet . 80 Founders' Day Dinner Held in Chicago 82 News of Our Alumni 84 Psi U Letterme 86 Recent Initiates and Pledges 87 The Chapters Speak 88 In Memoriam 100 The Executive Council and Alumni Association, Officers and Mem bers Cover III Roll of Chapters and Alumni Presidents Cover IV EDITOR Edward G. Peattie, Phi '06 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Peter A. GaBauer, Pi '25 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE DIAMOND J. J. E. Hessey, Nu '13, Chairman A. Northey Jones, Beta Beta '17 Walter S. Robinson, Lambda '19 (ex-officio) S. Spencer Scott, Phi '14 Oliver B. Mebhill, Jr., Gamma '25 LeRoy J. Weed, Theta '01 (ex-officio) ARCHIVIST Henry C. Trundle, Xi '21 Publication Office, 450 Ahnaip St., Menasha, Wis. Executive and Editorial Offices Room 510, 420 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N.Y. Life Subscription, $15; By Subscription, $1.00 per year; Single Copies, 50 cents Published in November, January, March and June by the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Entered as Second Class Matter January 8, 1936, at the Post Office at Menasha, Wisconsin, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Paragraph 4, Section 538, Act of February 28, 1925, authorized January 8, 1936. Printed in U.S.A. PROGRAM OF THE 1952 CONVENTION OF THE PSI UPSILON FRATERNITY TO BE HELD WITH THE EPSILON CHAPTER 1815 Highland Place, Berkeley, California. BErkeley 7-8938 Wednesday, June 25th Pre-Convention welcome to early arrivals, at Chapter House. Afternoon and evening registration. BufiFet Supper. Thursday, June 26th 9:15-10:15 A.M. Registration of delegates at Chapter House. 10:30 A.M.-12:00 M. Business Meeting at Le Conte Hall, University of California Campus. 12:30 P.M. Buffet Luncheon at the Chapter House. 2:00-5:00 p.m. Business Meeting at Le Conte Hall. 6:30 P.M. Cocktails, followed by the University Dinner, Hotel Claremont, Berkeley. Friday, June 27th 8:00- 9:15 a.m. Breakfast at the Chapter House. 9:30 a.m.-12:00 m Business Meeting at Le Conte Hall. 12:30 P.M. Buffet Luncheon at the Chapter House. 2:00 P.M. Annual Convention Pictures. 2:30 P.M. Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association of Psi Upsilon. 3:00-5:00 p.m. Business Meeting at Le Conte Hall. 7:00 P.M. Convention Banquet at the Bohemian Club, San Francisco. Formal attire requested. Saturday, June 28th 8:00- 9:00 A.M. Breakfast at the Chapter House. 9:30 A.M. Buses leave the Chapter House for purposes of boarding ship for three-hour sail on San Francisco Bay, followed by barbecue, soft ball and swimming in Marin County. Dele gates and guests will return directly to Berkeley Harbor in the late afternoon. 8:30 P.M.-till Individually escorted tours of San Francisco conducted by active members of the Epsi lon Chapter. � 70 � EPSILON TO BE HOST TO 1952 CONVENTION JUNE 26�JUNE 28 looking forward to the celebration of Psi Upsilon, and the members of the Ex INits fiftieth anniversary, the Epsilon ecutive Council, the Committee anticipates chapter is making elaborate plans for the a banner turnout from Epsilon alumni as 1952 Annual Convention. A fifteen-man well as those from other chapters who are alumni committee under the general chair now resident throughout northern and manship of Brother Talcott "Tully" Wil- southern California. hamson, Epsilon '08, as well as an under Living facilities have already been ar graduate committee headed by Brother ranged for visiting Brethren at Bowles Hall Gerald Brittingham, Epsilon '52, Presi on the University of California campus, dent of the House, have been busily occu just a short distance from the Chapter pied for the past few months with the House. The Hall of the Epsilon will, of myriad details which go into the planning course, be headquarters for the June 26-28 of what we hope will be a first-rate Con gathering, and buffet luncheons and in vention. formal gatherings will be held at the Fra Although fully cognizant of the fact ternity House. that great efi^orts will be necessary for In keeping with the strong emphasis this to reunion approach the memorable which Psi Upsilon places upon close ties one of 1915, the alumni and undergradu between its Chapters and the various col ate committees are leaving no stone un leges and universities where they are situ turned to insure the visiting delegates. ated, the Convention Committee is plan Executive Council, and alumni from all ning a gala University Dinner for the chapters, a thoroughly enjoyable three-day opening evening, to which all Psi U mem visit to the San Francisco Bay area. bers of the Faculty of the University of It was in 1915, at the time of the California, as well as representatives of Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the Administration, have been invited. that the Epsilon last played host to the This gathering, which is to be held at the National Fraternity. Thirty-seven years ago Hotel Claremont in Berkeley, is being the highhght of the Convention was the planned on a rather informal basis, with first transcontinental telephone conversa emphasis placed upon the close relation tion staged by the American Telephone ships which exist between the Fraternity and Telegraph Company at the Exposition and the University campus. fairgrounds. At that time Brother William The annual Convention Banquet, at Howard Taft, Beta '78, Ex-President of which formal attire is requested, will be the United States, exchanged fraternal held at the Bohemian Club in San Fran greetings with Brother George S. Coleman, cisco on Friday evening, June 27. As is Xi '76, then Secretary of the Executive customary at such affairs, attendance will Council of Psi Upsilon, in New York. be restricted to Psi U's, both undergrad Brother Taft was the principal speaker at uate and alumni members. We are pres the Convention Banquet held at the St. ently engaging outstanding Psi U speakers Francis Hotel in San Francisco, which was for the occasion. attended by more than one hundred mem The business meetings will be held on bers of the Fraternity. Realizing the im Thursday and Friday at Le Conte Hall portance of this historic occasion, the 1952 rather than at the Chapter House, because Convention Committee has made plans for of more spacious accommodations. Psi U will the Satur the return of many of the Brothers who fellowship be theme for took part in the festivities thirty-seven day, the 28th. Buses will leave the Frater at 9:30 a.m. years ago. nity House approximately for In addition to the undergraduate dele Berkeley Harbor, where the delegation gates from the twenty-nine chapters of will board a steamer for a three-hour sail 71 72 THE diamond OF PSI UPSILON in on San Francisco Bay. A barbecue, soft The Epsilon takes great pride being as host for the 1952 Convention ball game, and swimming will follow at nominated in the arduous a private park in Marin County, across the and is actively engaged Bay from Berkeley. task of equalhng the fine Conventions of a turn Following our return from the day's recent years. We anticipate large within our own ranks. outing, the group will proceed immedi out from Especially, to extend a most ately by buses for cocktails and a final in however, do we wish formal gathering before the parting of the friendly invitation to all Psi U's from the mem Pacific Northwest and from the ways. On Saturday undergraduate beyond bers of the Epsilon will conduct small in Western slopes to assist us in celebrating but dividual tours to the most interesting and not only our own half-century mark, of Psi on the enjoyable spots of San Francisco's night likewise fifty years Upsilon life. Pacific Coast! Transcontinental Telephone Conversation at the 1915 Convention of Psi Upsilon held with the Epsilon Chapter. The delegates assembled informally in the Hall of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, on September 4, 1915, and, through the courtesy of the Telephone Company, there was an exchange of greetings between William H. Taft, Beta 78, and Herbert L. Bridgman, Gamma '66, President of the Executive Council, in San Francisco, and George S. Coleman, Xi 76, Secretary of the Council, in New York City. The photograph shows Brothers Bridgman and Taft on the platform while the members of the Convention listen to the conversation by means of earphones. The conversation, published in full in the Convention Records, included the following: Brother Taft�"We have been entertained with boat rides and barbecues and banquets. These Western brothers are furious entertainers. Brother Coleman!" Brother Coleman�"From what I have seen of.